I was doing this movie called Animal Factory, and one of the inmates sings a kind of elegiac ballad, in the prison. It’s Antony Johnson [of Antony and the Johnsons]. He’s doing just fine—he doesn’t need a plug, but his commitment and his emotionality and the pure beauty of his voice—he brought all these tough guys to tears.

At the age of 10 or 11, my son was the first one to turn me on to Snoop Dogg.

From my sisters, I took the love for Motown.

I come from a big family, and I really took on the tastes of my older brothers and sisters. From my brothers, it was the Rolling Stones and Dylan.

I come from a big family, and I really took on the tastes of my older brothers and sisters. From my brothers, it was the Rolling Stones and Dylan.